Cabinet-door hinge



Sept. 3', 1929.

A. F. WASMUTH CABINET DOOR HINGE Filed Jan. 18, 1925 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 3, 1929.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS WASMUTH, OF HUNTINGTON, .INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO WASMUTH- ENDICOTT COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

CABINET-DOOR HINGE.

This invention relates to improvements in cabinet door hinges, and the object thereof is to so construct and apply a hinge to the frame and door of a cabinet that the swinging leaf of the hinge will overlap the stationary pad and extend upon the back of the door where it is concealed from view when the door is closed. Another object of the invention is to provide a hinge that may be applied to the outer face of the door frame and to the inner face of the door of the cabinet, which door has a marginal flange that overlaps the frame.

These objects are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which v Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front view of a cabinet door frame and door and in 'which a hinge embodying the invention is applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a transverse section of Fig. 1 on the line 22 thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a-similar fragmentary section of the door with the hinge omitted.

The characters appearing in the description refer to parts shown in the drawings and designated thereon by corresponding characters.

The invention comprises a hinge especially applicable to a door frame 1 and an inset door 2 having a marginal flange 3 that overlaps the front face 4 of the frame. The hinge consists of a stationary pad 5 having perforated lugs 6 for the support of the pintle 7, and a swinging leaf 8 that overlaps the pad 5 and-has a perforated lug 9 positioned between the former lugs 6 on the pintle. The hinge is applied to the frame 1 by securing the pad 7 upon the front face 4 thereof by means of screws 10, and by securing the leaf which is shaped with an offset 11 to the inner face of the door 2, which inner face extends in a plane back of the front face of the frame, there being a gain 12 made in the edge of the door and contiguous inner face of the flange 3 for the reception .of the corresponding portion of the leaf including the offset thereof. That portion 12 of the gain that extends in the. flange 3 is made of sufficient depth so that when the door is closed the flange of the door will bear upon the front face of the frame.

By thus constructing and applying the hinge the swinging leaf thereof is concealed from view behind the door, and the front of the door is left intact and unencumbered by the leaf and the fastening means therefor. '55 This feature lends .to the door an aspect of neat-ness and simplicity.

What I claim is 2- 1. A iinge consisting of a pad, 5. leaf, and a pintle connecting the pad and leaf, said leaf having an offset formed therein, whereby, when the hinge is closed, the outermost portion of said leaf is positioned in a plane back of the plane of said pad and parallel therewith.

2. A hinge consisting of a pad and a leaf in pivotal relation with each other, said leaf being comparatively longer than the pad and having an offset portion beyond the end of the pad that extends across the plane of the 70 pad when the hinge is closed.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

'AUGUSTUS F. WASMUTH. 

